Nymity Corporate Privacy Compliance Handbook

This practical handbook of checklists and supporting resources will guide you in the development, evaluation and implementation of your corporate privacy/security policies and procedures and ensure that your privacy practices are compliant with U.S. laws and regulations. Nymity, a global privacy and data protection research firm, developed an approach to privacy compliance which allows businesses to prosper while advancing privacy. This approach is called Nymity's Privacy Risk Optimization Process (PROP), a process that enables the implementation of privacy into operational policies and procedures. This book outlines the process and provides scope discussions and checklists for implementing privacy into specific business practices. The topics covered include:

•   The components of the Privacy Risk Optimization Process (PROP)
•   Application of the Privacy Risk Optimization Methodology
•   Data management, including destruction and retention
•   Privacy audits
•   Privacy impact assessments
•   Security, including administrative, physical and technical safeguards
•   Use of social security numbers
•   Customer privacy, including customer authentication, behavioral marketing, privacy notices, and telemarketing
•   Employee privacy, including drug and alcohol testing, employee awareness and training, and employee monitoring

In the Nymity Corporate Privacy Compliance Handbook, you will find references to other publications and online resources to further guide your strategy for your corporate privacy concerns. Some of these references may be accessed directly on www.lexis.com. All references are available directly through Nymity's PrivaWorks website (www.privaworks.com) with a subscription.

About the Author:

Nymity is a global privacy and data research services firm specializing in compliance and operational risk management. Its team of privacy lawyers and former Chief Privacy Officers are dedicated to producing comprehensive support materials available through PrivaWorks, the advanced web-based compliance research tool used by over one thousand privacy professionals around the world. Nymity research includes PbD Risk Optimization Methodology, a privacy management method that helps organizations build Privacy by Design (PbD) into best practices.